t 



Southernwood is a native of France, Spain, 



ted here by Gerard, and its odour renders 



and Italy 



able, that there are few gardens in which this 



fo 



found 



Although 



b 



: was cul- 

 generally accept- 



is not to be 

 '^elL it fo 



the cold of our winters very 

 ely flowers in Britain, that a fpecimen proper for deline 

 t without difficulty be obtained. 



4 



The leaves and tops of Southernwood, have a ftrong, and to mofl 



r 



d fomewh 



people an agreeable fmell : its tafle is pungent, bitte., „..„ .v^xxxv-wn 

 naufeous. Thefe qualities are completely extraded by fpirFtuouTmen 

 llrua, the herb communicating to the fpirit a beautiful g 



Water extrads its virtues Tefs perfedly, and the infufion is of a lieht 



brown 



In diftillatio 



w^ith water this 



affords but 



fmall quantity of effential oil ; for from fixteen pounds of the frefh 

 leaves fcarcely three drams of this oil could be obtained. 

 The Abrotanum mas & femina were regarded by the 



medicines of confiderable efficacy; the latter is referred to slntoHnl 

 ChamsE-Cypariirus, L' ' 



the fpecies now under confiderat 



a& 



ftomachic, carminative, and deobflruent 



the whole fyflem, more particularly that of the 



(Common Lavender Cotton) ; the former 



and has been efleemed to be 



fuppofed to flimulate 



But though 



ftill retains a place both ia the London and Edinburgh pharmaco 

 poeias, it is now rarely ufed, unlefs in the way of fomentation. 



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* Lewis, M. M. p, 4. 

 ^i^S'V^^'f'^' W' h '• '* '5. P^ 44. Diofcor. I, 3. c. 29. /. 184. Gale% 



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